Manuscripts

1744A - Realty Research Bureau, correspondence, 1940 - 1941. I / 16 / 1

Description: Approx. 40 items: letters, reports, brochures, forms, and other material related to real estate and real estate taxation, especially in California ; multi-page text of a California "Initiative measure...[related to] Tax on Gross Receipts," (n.d.) ; two complete issues of California Real Estate Taxpayer, 6/1941 and 7/1941, which voice the concerns of "the Forgotten Taxpayer" ; more.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1940 - 1941
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Correspondence & Miscellaneous - January - June

Manuscripts

Approx. 110 items. Bassett corresponded with UCLA, University of the West Indies, the Jewish Federation-Council of Greater Los Angeles, County. Supervisor Warren Dorn, The Greater Los Angeles Press Club, etc. Also many personal notes, including more relating to the novel and film based on Harm's Way ; set of notes typed on 7 sheets from a small notepad, may have been for a speech on the subject of governing California and/or Los Angeles, n.d. ; 2-pp. memo from Nick Williams to Bill Thomas, Bassett and others on the subject "State Department Seminar visit."

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Better Business Bureau - Correspondence

Manuscripts

Approx. 18 items: correspondence and other material related to the Better Business Bureau's attempts to insure honesty in advertising.

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Bastedo, William

Manuscripts

2 items: 12-pp. transcript of "...taping with William Bastedo [who was] on the City Desk of The Times on the morning of (12/7/1941) - taped 1/25/1974 - Bastedo answers Bassett's questions about Los Angeles Times response to the Sunday morning attack on Pearl Harbor ; 1-pp. letter, n.d., from "Bill" Bastedo to Bassett, accompanying the "corrected" transcripts.

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Times Mirror - Federal Tax Return 1921

Manuscripts

Approx. 35 items: letters, reports, financial spreadsheets, handwritten notes, booklets on taxation and other materials related to Times MIrror's tax payments during the years 1921 - 1924. Two booklets: "Federal Tax Law with Explanatory Digest - 1921 (Edmund Walker and Company) ; "Federal Taxation as it relates to the Publishing Business," address by Clifford Yewdall (CPA), 10/1921.

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Dana Point Bonds - Correspondence

Manuscripts

Approx. 75 items: correspondence and financial reports related to Dana Point Corp. and real estate dealings in Orange County.

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Gross, Linden

Manuscripts

Eight items comprising thirty pages pertaining to Linden Gross memos, article transcripts, an envelope, resumes, letters, and photocopies of clippings.

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1744A - Realty Research Bureau, correspondence, 1940 - 1941. I / 16 / 1

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